no-1-book-fan Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Reading my way through The Famous Five books still, currently up to Five Go On A Secret Trail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanessaL Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Katie Fforde 'The Perfect Proposal', lovely book to read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 When I met my friend for lunch today she returned some books I had lent her and gave me a couple new ones as well! Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong and Nanny Returns by the authors of the Nannie Diaries (sorry I can't remember their names atm). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Finished City Of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare and started A Discovery Of Witches by Deborah Harkness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I'm halfway through 'The Dead~Tossed Waves' by Carrie Ryan (re~read) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 It does pick up towards the end, but it is pretty repetitive and I didn't have any inclination to go on to read the other books in the series. I couldn't even get that far. I gave up on it. For me to get into a book, I need characters I can relate to. The author has an annoying habit of telling the reader how a character feels, rather than showing the reader through their actions and interactions. Therefore, I could never really believe that these people were real and actually cared about one another. That will put me off a book more than anything else. That was exactly how I felt about that book! I was so annoyed with myself for buying all three - and I never bothered with the other two I'm currently 300 pages into Guy Gavriel Kay's The Lions of Al-Rassan. It's historical fantasy, no magic or orcs or elves, just a story about what is effectively a re-invention of medieval Spain. And it's marvellous; wonderful, wonderful characters and beautifully written. It's the sort of book that makes me very jealous because I can't write even a tenth as well as he does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I finished two books whilts in the garden this weekend and started a 3rd. Newton and the Counterfeiter - Thomas Levenson and Burn - Linda Howard and started All? about Alice - Robbie Watts I also got out a couple more books Pandemonium - Christopher Brookmyer (which I ahve read before but loved) and We are All Made of Glue - Marina Lewycka ( I have read a couple of her other books) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I finished Popular Music from Vittula by Mikael Niemi and finally had the chance to pick up A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham for this month's readin circle. Time flies by when I read it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habeebi Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Well started Tuesdays with Morrie yesterday and will likely finish it off tonight its lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I've just finished Patricia Briggs > Moon Called and loved it. Will continue reading the series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanessaL Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Erica James 'Love ad Devotion', quite a big book, so may not be on here for a few days, until this book is finished. Supposed to be a bit of a tearjerker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Are you a Babylon 5 fan, out of interest? Interesting, I've recently heard that Gaiman based American Gods on works by Diana Wynne Jones. What a plagiarist that man is! I've never seen Babylon 5, although I have always wanted to. May have to look into that soon. All writers are plagiarists. At least the modern ones are. That was exactly how I felt about that book! I was so annoyed with myself for buying all three - and I never bothered with the other two I'm currently 300 pages into Guy Gavriel Kay's The Lions of Al-Rassan. It's historical fantasy, no magic or orcs or elves, just a story about what is effectively a re-invention of medieval Spain. And it's marvellous; wonderful, wonderful characters and beautifully written. It's the sort of book that makes me very jealous because I can't write even a tenth as well as he does Guy Gavriel Kay is a great author. I have read The Lions of Al-Rassan, Tigana, and The Last Light of the Sun and have more of his to be read. He hasn't disappointed me so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I'm halfway through 'The Dead~Tossed Waves' by Carrie Ryan (re~read) ^A few more chapters since this post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Didn't read much at the weekend, but have read the first book in a new Kelley Armstrong YA series, The Gathering, today. Fabulous stuff as always from Armstrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I'm up to chapter 11 now in A Discovery Of Witches and am really enjoying it. My one gripe is, it's a huge hardback and really heavy to read in bed. It almost knocked me out last night as I dosed off! .... although, at least I was in the right place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I couldn't even get that far. I gave up on it. For me to get into a book, I need characters I can relate to. The author has an annoying habit of telling the reader how a character feels, rather than showing the reader through their actions and interactions. Therefore, I could never really believe that these people were real and actually cared about one another. That will put me off a book more than anything else. That was exactly how I felt about that book! I was so annoyed with myself for buying all three - and I never bothered with the other two My review from last year. I've never seen Babylon 5, although I have always wanted to. May have to look into that soon. It's very good, well, at least the first four series anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I'm up to chapter 11 now in A Discovery Of Witches and am really enjoying it. My one gripe is, it's a huge hardback and really heavy to read in bed. It almost knocked me out last night as I dosed off! .... although, at least I was in the right place I hope it's got nout to do with Witches of the Eastwick, hehehe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I hope it's got nout to do with Witches of the Eastwick, hehehe! No! Think The Historian meets The Physic Book Of Deliverance Dane and you'll be on the right track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 No! Think The Historian meets The Physic Book Of Deliverance Dane and you'll be on the right track Yikes, maybe I should not say anything about not having read either of those yet, eventhough they've been biding their time on my bookshelves for a while now... Must be good stuff, though, from what I've heard about the titles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Finished A Wild Sheep Chase- Haruki Marukami yesterday and am now racing through I am Number Four- Pittacus Lore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Finished A Wild Sheep Chase- Haruki Marukami yesterday ... Good book! Read Dance Dance Dance whilst this is still fresh in your mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 No! Think The Historian meets The Physic Book Of Deliverance Dane and you'll be on the right track OMG this sounds completely up my alley, Charm!! I've had my eye on Discovery of Witches but haven't bought it yet. I can't wait to hear what you think!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I started Mark T. Sullivan > The purification ceremony yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I have finally finished reading the 150-page book that I've been reading for the past month. Yay me! Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities was a brilliant read but I must have been in the 'wrong place' to read it. I'm now going to re-start Walter Moer's A Wild Ride through the Night. I only read a few pages last month before stopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 (edited) I've been reading some more of I Think I Love You by Allison Pearson. Bit confused as for some reason I thought it was memoir, but now it appears to be a novel! Perhaps I should actually read the blurb and find out - I'm reading it for my reading group, and tend to not look at the synopsis to prevent getting any preconceived ideas before reading the book choices, as I find it helps discussion if I come to it with as little knowledge about it as possible. Edited April 12, 2011 by chesilbeach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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